Helping Students with Hearing Loss Learn Language and Self-Advocacy to Help Themselves
October 15, 2017 I see these buttons everywhere around schools. Then I read about some fun ideas on using them in speech-language therapy from SLP Talk with Desiree. Her blog and video describe how she uses them in phonological awareness, language and articulation activities. I thought they sounded like a lot of fun for the kids. […]
Read More6/28/17 I’m heading to the AG Bell Symposium in Washington, D.C. tomorrow and I can’t wait. If you are going, please come by my table in the exhibit hall and check out LASH. I like products to have multiple uses and boy does LASH ever! All of the hard products on the table will be […]
Read More12/4/16 I know that I’m a little late in posting about ASHA. (Has anyone seen my energy lately? I seemed to have misplaced it about a year ago.) Anyhow, I want to share an incredible find in the Exhibit Hall. I think this is an exciting tool for Early Intervention Programs to help parents […]
Read More7-29-16 I remember when math class used to be a strength for so many school aged kids receiving language intervention because of the focus on counting and calculations. That was before Math Talk entered the picture as part of the common core standards. When our school district offered a professional development session on Math Talk, […]
Read MoreHave you read this great book yet? Here’s a summary of study strategies proven by research to work! Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning By Peter Brown, Henry Roediger, Mark McDaniel 2014 Retrieval practice should be the primary study strategy. This means self-quizzing, retrieving knowledge and skill from memory. […]
Read MoreHave you ever had someone tell you that you cannot give tests standardized on typical hearing children to DHH students? I have been told that. Here is one study that refutes that claim for two tests. Mi-young Webb, Amy Lederberg, Measuring Phonological Awareness in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, published […]
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